Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . 374 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO there is a tradition that he found favour with the famous courtesan,Antea. The perils of the terrible sack in 1527 forced him to take hisdeparture. Vasari relates that he barely escaped with his life, inas-much as, at the beginning of the sack, he w-as so intent on his work,that when the soldiers began to enter the houses, and some Germanswere already in his own, he was not distracted by the tumult ; when,however, the soldiers came upon him, and saw him painting, they were. so astonished at his work, t
Antonio Allegri da Correggio, his life, his friends, and his time . 374 ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO there is a tradition that he found favour with the famous courtesan,Antea. The perils of the terrible sack in 1527 forced him to take hisdeparture. Vasari relates that he barely escaped with his life, inas-much as, at the beginning of the sack, he w-as so intent on his work,that when the soldiers began to enter the houses, and some Germanswere already in his own, he was not distracted by the tumult ; when,however, the soldiers came upon him, and saw him painting, they were. so astonished at his work, that, like good fellows as they must havebeen, they allowed him to continue it. On his way back, he halted at Bologna, where he painted severalpictures. After the coronation of Charles whose portrait he painted,he returned to Parma. In 1531 he undertook to decorate the vault of thepresbytery and of the apse, and the dome of the Stciccata ; but he workedslowly and fitfully, distracted Ijy his impatient temper, and by his absorp-tion in the mysteries of alchemy. Hence arose many disputes betweenthe artist and the guardians of the church. Piqued and angry, heat last PARMIOIANIXO left Parma in dudgeon. 11 was then that he became the guest of Sanvitaleat the Castle of lonlaiiellato, whrrc he: painted the vault of a smallroom with scenes from the legend of Diana and Actceon. In 1535 he-renewed his agreement for the decorations in the Steccata, and beganto work there. But fresh causes of quarrel soon arose, and neitherconcessions, nor the friend-ly interpositio
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